1. Silvio Peter "Tino" Insana was an American actor, producer, writer, and comedian.
14 Facts About Tino Insana
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In 1971, Insana co-founded a local comedy troupe known as the West Compass Trio, along with Steve Beshekas and John Belushi.
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The group performed regularly in universities around the midwest until Belushi and Tino Insana were hired by The Second City in Chicago.
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Tino Insana left Second City in 1975 to form his own comedy troupe with fellow alums Jim Staahl and Jim Fisher, The Graduates.
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In 1977 Tino Insana made his film debut in Rowby Goren and Chick Staley's comedy Crackin' Up.
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Tino Insana then wrote, produced, and acted in Wedding Band and Masters of Menace.
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Tino Insana made guest appearances on situation comedy series such as Night Court and Mad About You.
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Tino Insana's voice has been featured in many animated television series, most notably Disney's Darkwing Duck as Dr Reginald Bushroot and Bobby's World as Bobby's Uncle Ted.
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Tino Insana voiced Pig in Nickelodeon's animated film Barnyard and its subsequent spin-off TV series.
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In 2008, Tino Insana voiced the role of Barf on Spaceballs: The Animated Series, inheriting the role from John Candy.
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Tino Insana did voice work in Goof Troop, Camp Candy, The Little Mermaid, Pepper Ann, House of Mouse, What-a-Mess, Bonkers, Aladdin, Jungle Cubs, Problem Child, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Teacher's Pet, and Tom and Jerry: The Movie.
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Tino Insana was the speaking voice of Mr Grouper in Bubble Guppies.
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Tino Insana cowrote the 1985 semi-biography The Authorized Al with "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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On May 31,2017, Tino Insana died of cancer at the age of 69 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.